Hinds favors a TS-808 Tube
Screamer with a JRC4558 chip
for overdrive. He has a signature Monster Effects Mastortion
pedal based on this version of
the TS-808, but with more
volume and low end. When we
caught up with Hinds during
the band’s tour in support of
The Hunter, however, it was the
trusty TS-808 on the board.

Hinds described hisapproach to effects as simple:“Anything other than thoseeffects or something with alot of knobs and switches[laughs], I don’t know how towork! I want to be like OmarRodríguez-López [guitarist ofThe Mars Volta and At theDrive-In] with tons of effectsand pedals, but I don’t have themost patience in the world andI only have one foot to controlmy pedalboard.”But he’s on his way. Onenewer addition to this boardis the Morley Bad Horsie wah,used on the song “Dry BoneValley.” Hinds joked, “Essentially,to be considered a bonafideguitarist you need to record onewah wah song … ‘Dry BoneValley’ has this perfect swagger-ing, galloping vibe to the chorusand verses that leads right up thewah-solo perfectly.”Of course, despite adding apedal here and there, Hinds willlikely never dive into a morecomplex setup and still prefersto get his chorus sounds a bitmore naturally: with his 9- and12-string guitars. He explains,“The octave strings create this

ringing, atonal chorus effectunmatched by any choruspedal. A 6-string and a pedalsounds stale in comparison.”